Last night the program 'The Portfolio Project' took out the NSW Youth
Work Award in one of the most competitive categories of the night for
Best Innovative Partnerships.

The young people got to work on a government campaign through to not for
profit work for Asthma Foundation and a campaign that involved various
government and NGO stakeholders that got coverage on channel 9 and 10
and was launched in Federation Square.

Spearheaded by Duncan Mah
and Richard Kahotea, the program has run for around 9 months, placing 2
young people into advertising agencies. The program is called 'The
Portfolio Project'.

"We wanted to give young people with
disability a real go in advertising or the creative industries in
general as we know there are many barriers to employment for a young
person with disability, and we wanted to give them an edge when going
for their first job with a portfolio of real work to show," Says Mah.

"The
feedback has been great from clients with clients providing references
for the young people's work and even paying for their time and
contribution to campaigns.

"Stay tuned for more info as a showcase of the young people's work is coming up in November."